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2:05 PM ET, September 11, 2012

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Washington Post:
Among likely voters, Obama-Romney close  —  Last week's Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Job Creation?  47% Trust Obama, 45% Romney  —  Following another dismal jobs report, voters overwhelmingly rate job creation as important to their vote but are almost evenly divided when it comes to which presidential candidate they trust more on the issue.
Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Americans Pick President Obama Over Mitt Romney for Dinner Date
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Poll Shows Obama Getting Lowest Jewish Support Since Carter
Evan Vucci / ABCNEWS:
Obama Gains a Convention Boost - But Not Among Likely Voters
Discussion: The Caucus and Mother Jones
Kurt Eichenwald / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: The Bush White House Was Deaf to 9/11 Warnings  —  IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history.  —  On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, Al Qaeda.
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Is Losing The Debate Expectations Game  —  He's practicing hard, his aides say!  Obama's camp pretends to panic.  —  Romney with Senator Rob Portman, who is playing President Barack Obama in debate prep, earlier this month.  —  Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters
Discussion: GOP 12 and Mediaite
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Reuters:
The Kerry-ization of Mitt Romney  —  Mitt Romney is getting the full John Kerry treatment on national security — and some top Republicans are alarmed by what they see as his ham-handed response to it.  —  Romney — whose convention speech didn't include a salute to the troops or a reference to Afghanistan …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jim VandeHei / Reuters:
GOP to Mitt Romney: You're so vague  —  Leading conservatives are offering blunt advice to Mitt Romney: Quit ducking details, start engaging in a real and specific war of ideas with President Barack Obama — or lose.  —  Here's just a sampling of the past 24 hours:
Discussion: Daily Kos
BuzzFeed:
Obama's Plan To Use National Security To Beat Romney  —  Obama's decision to play offense on foreign policy marks a “real, significant shift” in our politics, says an Obama advisor.  Just another “shiny object,” a Romneyite fires back.  —  One of the most aggressive parts …
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Romney's Osama bin Laden problem
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan on Chicago Teachers' Strike: ‘We Stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — Paul Ryan crossed party lines and voiced support for one of President Obama's biggest backers today, saying, “We stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel” in his fight with Chicago's teachers …
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Rick Perlstein / Salon:
Stand against Rahm!  —  First Wisconsin.  Then Occupy.  Now Chicago.  The teachers' strike is the next chapter in the fight against plutocracy  —  CHICAGO — I was awoken by honking car horns yesterday morning, and couldn't have been happier for the fact.
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Standoff, Latest Sign of Unions Under Siege  —  The high-stakes strike by 26,000 public school teachers in Chicago is only the latest episode in which the nation's teachers' unions have been thrown on the defensive in the face of demands for far-reaching changes.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Students are victims in Chicago fight over clout
Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Cheney responds to Obama's reportedly poor intelligence briefings attendance  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney took a shot at President Barack Obama late Monday night after it was reported that the president has attended fewer than half of his daily intelligence briefings.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Cheney knocks Obama on bin Laden, intel briefings
Barak Ravid / Associated Press:
Netanyahu: Those that refuse to set red lines for Iran can't give Israel red light  —  Netanyahu launches unprecedented attack on U.S. government; diplomats tell AP that IAEA has new intelligence that Iran advanced its work on nuclear warhead.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Photo by Olivier Fitoussi
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George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: New intelligence on Iran nuke work
Discussion: emptywheel and The Daily Beast
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Parents of SEAL Team Six member say unit endangered by Obama administration statements  —  Identifying the Special Operations Force behind the Usama bin Laden raid amounted to placing a target on the back of the team members as well as their families, according to the parents of Aaron Vaughn …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden recalls own loss while marking ‘bittersweet’ 9/11 anniversary  —  Vice President Joe Biden drew on the sorrow of his own personal losses as he addressed the memorial marking 11 years since United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field.  —  “It is a bittersweet moment …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Moody's: Congress must reach fiscal deal to avert downgrade  —  Moody's Investors Service warned Tuesday that Congress will need to strike a deal on the “fiscal cliff” to avoid a second downgrade to the nation's credit rating.  —  The rating agency said that budget negotiations in 2013 …
Mike Konczal / Business Insider:
The Complete Guide To America's Jobs Crisis And The Failure Of Monetary Policy Using Animated Gifs  —  The following guest post is a complete description of America's jobs crisis and the failure of monetary policy policy to address it.  —  Author Mike Konczal helpfully uses animated .gifs …
Discussion: Slate and Unfogged
Robert Mankoff / From the Desk of Bob Mankoff:
Nipplegate  —  The New Yorker has a Facebook page, which a lot of you like, or maybe it's just one person with a lot of time on their hands, liking the page over and over again.  But in any case, it's a whole lotta like.  We like that.  —  What we don't like is that we got temporarily banned …
 
 
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Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Chris Brown Tattoos An Image of a Battered Woman On His Neck
Margot Roosevelt / Reuters:
Southern whites troubled by Romney's wealth, religion
Discussion: New York Magazine
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Jim Cramer: Voter ID Law Will Disenfranchise My Dad
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Oversight Chairman Issa forced to delay ‘Fast and Furious’ hearing
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Pre-Existing Politics
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Thomas Sowell / Townhall.com:
An Economic ‘Plan’?  —  Former president Bill Clinton told …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Pete Souza / Boston Globe:
President Obama's polling and focus-group chief offers rare public perspective on state of race
Discussion: First Read
Investor's Business Daily:
Obama's Hayes Of History
Discussion: National Review
Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Fear of a Black President
Discussion: Bill Maher
Geoffrey Manne / Truth on the Market:
Josh Wright to be nominated to be next FTC Commissioner
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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